diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index b68ad04a8..be8c293d7 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ controller:
   # -- Required for use with CNI based kubernetes installations (such as ones set up by kubeadm),
   # since CNI and hostport don't mix yet. Can be deprecated once https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/23920
   # is merged
+  strictValidatePathType: false
+  # -- Set strict valdiation for paths
+  # When pathType is configured as `Exact` or `Prefix`, there should be a more strict validation, allowing only paths starting with "/" and
+  # containing only alphanumeric characters and "-", "_" and additional "/".
   hostNetwork: false
   ## Use host ports 80 and 443
   ## Disabled by default